Am I alone in shuddering at the awful phrase “a Christian ethos”? And what exactly is a “Christian ethos” when it’s at home? Going by Eric Pickles’ track-record, it would seem to mean English flags and council prayers. I suppose those things are harmless enough in themselves (if an appallingly anodyne travesty of Christianity), though I have a horrid recollection of Margaret Thatcher on the Mound draping Conservative Party policy in the language of the Gospel. No. There is no “Christian ethos.” There is Christianity, and there is the Holy Church, and there are sinners redeemed by grace. Everything else… Read more »
Randal Oulton
12 years ago
RJB, something along these lines?
“They would have been equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised.” — Butler, Samuel. The Way of all Flesh. Chapter XV.
Am I alone in shuddering at the awful phrase “a Christian ethos”? And what exactly is a “Christian ethos” when it’s at home? Going by Eric Pickles’ track-record, it would seem to mean English flags and council prayers. I suppose those things are harmless enough in themselves (if an appallingly anodyne travesty of Christianity), though I have a horrid recollection of Margaret Thatcher on the Mound draping Conservative Party policy in the language of the Gospel. No. There is no “Christian ethos.” There is Christianity, and there is the Holy Church, and there are sinners redeemed by grace. Everything else… Read more »
RJB, something along these lines?
“They would have been equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised.” — Butler, Samuel. The Way of all Flesh. Chapter XV.